- #1 BoidWatch
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Emmett BaberPub: LongShip LLC
Windows
Feel a flock at your fingertips. An interactive flock simulation for VR.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #2 Glitchy Apocalypse Simulator
96% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: NegativeGenius LLC
Windows
DISCLAIMER: Made by one dev and his kid. Uses lots of assets. Glitchy Apocalypse Simulator is a comical physics-based game. The game is a light-hearted, comical sandbox and makes no attempts at realism or strategy.
Why similar: Simulation 54.2%, Sandbox 23.2%, Indie 22.6%
- #3 SQUARE BOX
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Vox Mare
Windows
Square Box: a game with the ball falling in a box.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #4 YASG
95% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: IW
Windows
You begin as a beaten Dark Lord in castle debris. Good news: you still have cute loyal servants to obey your orders and one superpower - you can teleport the whole castle with all your belongings when you want. Explore maps, mine resources, use your ingenuity to invent tricky traps.
Why similar: Simulation 54%, Sandbox 24.2%, Indie 21.8%
- #5 DearCraft
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Fairy Studio
Windows
DearCraft is a game that allows players to create a world with imagination and creativity unboundedly and play their own 3D sandbox game spontaneously.
Why similar: Simulation 56.1%, Indie 22.6%, Sandbox 21.3%
- #6 UniverCity
92% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Thinkofname
Windows · Linux
UniverCity is an isometric university management game.
Why similar: Simulation 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #7 Theme Park Studio
93% matchMixed40% of 466 reviews2016
Dev: Pantera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Theme Park Studio is a powerful suite of tools that allows players to design, build, and experience stunning amusement parks of their own design. Players can build whatever they can imagine, and then share it online for others to experience. Theme Park Studio includes Steam Workshop integration.
Why similar: Simulation 60.3%, Sandbox 24.8%, Indie 15%
- #8 Legendary gun
91% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Tan Zheng
Windows
The background of the game is similar to the World War II. There is a small village in China which is often plundered by the enemy. In order to survive, players assume the role of a heroic warrior and fight the aggressors to defend the homeland and the people.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #9 ICE AGENT
91% matchMostly Negative26% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are responsible for preventing illegal immigration and preventing the unlawful traffic of goods into the US. Have you ever thought what it would be like to be one of those agents? What choices they have to make on daily basis?
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #10 Tracon!2012:SE
90% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: FeelThere
Windows
Tracon!2012:SE is not an arcade game. With a complex command structure, advanced AI and Speech Recognition technology Tracon!2012:SE will allow you to experience of the thrill of being a real air traffic controller working on the approach/departure position.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #11 Mendel
89% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Owen Bell
Windows · Mac
Mendel is a chill sandbox game about growing weird plants from alien genetics.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #12 Lacuna Passage
89% matchMixed65% of 105 reviews2017
Dev: Candescent Games
Windows · Mac
Explore the vast terrains of Mars, generated from real NASA satellite data, and survive threats like dust storms by discovering randomized supply caches and habitats. Adventure on foot or in driveable rovers with this otherworldly first-person sandbox.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #13 Groomer
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows
Groomer is a relaxing simulation game where take on a role of groomer, a person that takes care of dogs.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #14 Cycle (轮回)
88% matchMostly Negative38% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Yaka
Windows
The game's protagonist, Liya, works as an actor after a difficult phase of his life begins a quest for fame. But while facing a variety of new people and obstacles, can he change his rebellious nature and become a famous star? Under the scrutiny of his ex-girlfriend, what is Liya's fate?
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #15 C O S M
86% matchMixed48% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Dynamoid
Windows · Mac
Explore worlds within worlds as you zoom into fascinating scientific environments built using real data. Discover a jungle of neurons, or watch as molecules read DNA. COSM Worlds brings science to life right before your eyes. COSM Worlds offers both VR and non-VR experiences.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #16 VR Crane Master
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: RealityBusters.coPub: MoreFromIT Sp. z o.o.
Windows
Personate a real crane master and put containers in the appropriate place. Remember that time is running by and the more containers you put, the more points you get.
Why similar: Simulation 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #17 EXAPUNKS: TEC Redshift Player
84% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Redshift is a fictional handheld game console in the universe of the puzzle programming game EXAPUNKS. This player will allow you to play Redshift games made by other EXAPUNKS players.
Why similar: Simulation 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #18 Microtransaction Simulator Game of the Decade: Deluxe Edition
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chlsea
Windows · Mac
A game of loss and triumph. Spending money virtually has never been easier. Microtransaction Simulator Game of the Decade: Deluxe Edition takes everything the original game had, makes it 3D, adds more items, adds some recipes, and more. Kick your microtransaction habit by playing a harmless useless clone of AAA games pay-2-win systems.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #19 Bridge Trek
84% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Another Planet
Windows
Face your fear of heights! Bridge Trek provides you with a safe environment to conquer your gephyrophobia or acrophobia in virtual reality. Build your way up from the pillow padded first bridge, to the perilous glass bridge in the sky!
Why similar: Simulation 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #20 Progetto Ustica
82% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: IV Productions
Windows · Mac
Progetto Ustica is a serious game that aims at keeping alive the memory of one of the most tragic events in recent Italian history. It is a short exploratory experience created for PC/MAC and, soon, supporting Oculus Rift VR and HTC Vive.
Why similar: Simulation 73%, Indie 27%
- #21 MCAS Simulation
80% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Kayo Games
Windows
Master how the MCAS that led to the Boeing 737 MAX crashes works by playing around with this interactive 3D simulation.
Why similar: Simulation 71.8%, Indie 28.2%
- #22 Electronics Circuits Simulator
82% matchMixed68% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: Arttu TuovinenPub: Michael Callaghan
Windows
Learn electronic circuits in a new and exciting way and increase your understanding of basic electronic circuits. Seven complete levels to assess your knowledge of basic electronic circuits including Series Parallel Resistor circuits, Resistor Capacitor (RC) filters, Graetz Bridges, Wheatstone bridges, Weighted summing amplifiers,...
Why similar: Simulation 73%, Indie 27%
- #23 Concrete and Steel
83% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Bad Dinosaur
Windows · Mac · Linux
Concrete And Steel is a 3D sandbox for creative people to build structures using a huge range of objects and materials. Experience unlimited creativity with huge environments, rich customisation, co-operative multiplayer, modding support and more! The only limit is your imagination!
Why similar: Simulation 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #24 Tower!2011:SE
81% matchMostly Negative39% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: FeelThere
Windows
Tower!2011:SE is not an arcade game. With a complex command structure, advanced AI and Speech Recognition technology Tower!2011:SE will allow you to experience of the thrill of being a real air traffic controller.
Why similar: Simulation 73%, Indie 27%
- #25 City Bus Simulator 2018
81% matchNegative15% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Özgün Bursalıoğlu
Windows
Experience passenger transportation accross an impressive wide city. With latest model city bus within traffic surrounded by pedestrians. Follow many routes and unlock new ones by earning money.
Why similar: Simulation 73%, Indie 27%
- #26 Crime Scene:Reconstruction of crime
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VRillAR
Windows
Crime Scene:Reconstruction will allow you to become a real CSI agent.You should investigate into crime scenes via VR and search hiddened evidences. Also, you have to reconstruct the criminal cases to indentify criminals by using your case board based on evidences you collected.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #27 Fairground 2 - The Ride Simulation
79% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Fairground 2 contains 15 original amusement rides. All rides can be controlled with all functions. Record and play own ride programs and enjoy to ride them from the point of view.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #28 bLogic Blox
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Alex WilliamsPub: Grubby Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
bLogic Blox is an electronic sandbox where you can create anything your mind can dream up. Build circuit logic with switches, gates, lights, batteries, or just make cool 3D pixel art. Add input bits linked to your keyboard to make interactive objects that you can control. The only limitation is your imagination!
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #29 尺子和橡皮
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XIAOMU
Windows
Safety and stability in Britain are especially important. You are lucky to enter the Internet security office. This is a great opportunity to dedicate to our motherland. In the increasingly bad network environment, you have to check and delete the illegal comments in the news, so that the UK keeps its purity and beauty every moment.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #30 Survivor in Summer
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: TheElvenTale Games
Windows
Try to keep 3 people surviving the plane crash
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #31 Paintey
79% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Brian LindenhofPub: ShadowBrain Games
Windows
Paintey is a freeform do whatever you want painting simulator! You can paint everything from your face to the entire environment.
Why similar: Simulation 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #32 Indentured Servant
77% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Saoi Games
Windows
In this VR experience you are stuck on a fishing boat, you must sort fish to pay of your debt.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #33 Morning Star
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MetkisPub: Alliance
Windows
Morning Star is a first-person farming game set in a post-cyberpunk world where computers are your soil and software is your seeds.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #34 You Are Here
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Tesseract Software
Windows
Have you ever wondered about your place in the cosmos? Well, now with the magic of virtual reality, you can see exactly where you are! Shrink and expand the universe to see where you fit into the big picture. Stroll through a sea of hundreds of thousands of stars and galaxies.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #35 Perfect Life VR
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Özgün BURSALIOĞLU
Windows
Perfect Life VR You can relax in this perfect house. Customize your car. Customize your friend. Fire the fireplace. Just put your HMD on your head and relax. Roam in the house. Enjoy stunning visuals and relaxing sound.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #36 Trainscape
76% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Bit Toys
Windows
All the fun and none of the mess in this VR sandbox for model railroaders!
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #37 RXE
76% match3 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Buce Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
(Update: RXE has been discontinued. See the Community Page for more information.) RXE is a game about building and programming robots. Design machines using a variety of parts and devices, and write code in a powerful visual programming language.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #38 Orcish Inn
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steven Colling
Windows · Linux
Orcish Inn is a farming, survival and tavern simulation game in which you raise crops, brew beer and build a tavern for your orcish guests!
Why similar: Simulation 70.6%, Indie 29.4%
- #39 Stage of Light
73% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Realityocean Games
Windows
Get into the magical world of lighting design. Build huge concert stages in minutes with our carefully crafted tools. Control stage lights, motors or hoists with our integrated DMX controllers. MIDI control is available !
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #40 Shoemaker
74% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows
Shoemaker is a unique shoe workshop simulator game where you need to fix boots
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #41 Sluggy's Fruit Emporium
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timothy Johnson
Windows
Aliens! Fruit! Tentacles! Space! Shop management!
Why similar: Simulation 70.3%, Indie 29.7%
- #42 Robot Vacuum Simulator X
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Sebastian Røed Mangseth
Windows
The most realistic robotic vacuum cleaning simulator ever made. Experience the intense life of a robotic vacuum cleaner through lint, love and loss.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #43 My First Music Workshop
74% matchNegative8% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac
This game is a music workshop simulator game where you need to fix musical instruments.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #44 Coffee Trainer VR
72% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: ON Reality lab.
Windows
Learn how to make coffee.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #45 Colourful
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameBringer
Windows
Bring the colours back to the world !
Why similar: Simulation 69.2%, Indie 30.8%
- #46 SITL Forge - FPV Laboratory
57% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: SITL Forge
Windows · Linux
Not just a flying simulator. A physics-first quadcopter laboratory with 1000Hz modeling, a virtual workbench, and a built-in flight controller — design, tune, and analyze real drone builds before you ever touch hardware.
Why similar: Simulation 51%, Sandbox 32.4%, Third Person 16.6%
- #47 Briquid
70% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2018
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac
Briquid is a simple yet challenging water physics puzzle game. Build bricks, remove them, or change the direction of gravity to get the water to its destination.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #48 Z`code (VR for HTC Vive)
73% matchNegative10% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Shenzhen Weilaishijie Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
"Z'code is a First-Person Mech Fighting game in VR. Players will simulate driving armor in the fight on Earth."
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #49 Empire Game:Pixel Hero
55% matchMixed57% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Game Team
Windows
A troop-clash strategy game. Choose your hero, command minions, crush enemy formations! Inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic and Hero's Hour. Multiple races with national styles like Huaxia and France. Random maps = unique fun every game! Endless development & combat!
Why similar: Simulation 48.1%, Sandbox 31.1%, Open World 14.1%, Indie 6.7%
- #50 Driving Around
57% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: TDOG STUDIOS
Windows
Drive through serene landscapes to the sound of relaxing lo-fi. Choose to explore a vast open world or follow an endless road, with no rush, no limits. With stunning graphics, simple controls, and a calm atmosphere, this is the perfect game to relax and enjoy the journey.
Why similar: Simulation 39%, Sandbox 36.3%, Indie 13%, Open World 11.7%
- #51 Pixel Rain
55% matchNo user reviews50% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: HuddyGames
Windows · Mac
A chill falling-sand pixel physics sandbox. Paint with hundreds of interactive materials — water, lava, acid, crystals, plants and more — discover recipes, build your own elements in the Workshop, and watch it all react in real time. No goals. No pressure. Just pixels.
Why similar: Simulation 47.5%, Sandbox 31.3%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Indie 6.4%
- #52 故郷をさがす三姉妹/ The Three Sisters looking for their back home.
70% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: よるのあとち(Yorunoatochi)
Windows
This is an experimentation of recreating the dream, much more than a game. You can stroll in the world which the creator has actually dreamed. Your dream can proceed with guidance written on the button for the destination.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #53 Roadbound
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoxfenPub: Simulix Games
Windows
Roadbound is an open-world transport and career simulation. Take on jobs, earn money, explore varied locations, roads, companies and a major airport, then invest your profits in buildings and property as you work your way from beginner to transport professional.
Why similar: Simulation 44.9%, Sandbox 27.2%, Third Person 11.6%, Open World 10.8%, Indie 5.4%
- #54 Take Care of the Paperwork
71% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: qbertyPub: The Local Group
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stamp, staple, sign, and fill out paperwork to fulfill your paper pushing needs!
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #55 ShotForge
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Alix
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A sandbox to build the coolest guns in.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #56 Pope Simulator
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spirit Games Studio
Windows
Pope Simulator features many themes from the fascinating history of the papacy in the second half of the 20th century. Inspiring adventure, political intrigue, moral dilemmas and many themes based on actual events.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #57 Labyrinth Simulator
73% matchMixed54% of 125 reviews2015
Dev: Phoenix Game and Publisher Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Create your own levels, publish them or download levels from community. Play with your friends or play it alone. Shape the future of Labyrinth Simulator.
Why similar: Simulation 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #58 Dany's Terrain Sandbox
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dany Diab
Windows · Linux
Explore the beauty of math with this real-time terrain engine. Control 13 generation variables to see exactly how algorithms shape landscapes.
Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Procedural Generation 31.3%, Sandbox 27.1%